If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a Rat City Roller Girl (and who hasn’t?), now’s your chance – they’re looking for “fresh meat”! Beginning this Saturday, Jan. 9th, they’re inviting women who want to try out to come to their open practices, which continue on Saturday, Jan. 16th and Saturday, Feb. 6th at their training facility.

In order to qualify, you must be 21, have a “ton of chutzpah, sweat, determination and a nice smile” and be willing to devote time to practice.

According to a press release:

Wondering if you have what it takes? ….

Join us for practice from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the following Saturdays: January 9, 16 and February 6 at the Rat City training facility (“The Rat’s Nest”). Representatives from the Rat City Rollergirls Fresh Meat Committee will be on hand to answer any questions, and RCRG league members will skate along side you at practice to offer tons of tips and advice for the day of tryouts. This is your opportunity to come participate in an actual practice and drills with your future league mates. Saturday practices are open to all skaters who wish to try out, are ready to sign a liability waiver (attached) and pay a $10 (cash only) only drop in fee per session…..

Minimum requirements to be an RCRG league:

• Two to three 2-hour practices per week
• A minimum of 6 hours of committee work a month
• Timely payment of monthly dues – $35
• Timely payment of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association (WFTDA)annual insurance – $5
• Proper safety gear (helmet, mouth guard, elbow pads, knee pads, wrist guards)
• Read and understand the official WFTDA derby rules – ..http://wftda.com/rules .
• Purchase of team uniform and league jersey ..
• Current primary medical insurance
• You will willingly adhere to the RCRG Skater Code of Conduct
• 21 years of age
• A ton of chutzpah, sweat, determination and a nice smile ….

Have questions or ready to get signed up for tryouts? Please e-mail freshmeat@ratcityrollergirls.com to RSVP.

Additional details will be emailed upon completed registration.

The White Center Blog’s favorite group of ass-kickin’ women is of course the one and only Rat City Rollergirls, who originated at the Dub-C’s own Southgate Skating Rink way back in the day.

Coming up Saturday, Jan. 31st is their annual “Black & Blue Tie Auction,” which should be just about as kick-ass as one of their skating competitions:

Hosted by renowned Auctioneer/Host Laura Michalek, this should be a fun night full of action, giving, and of course, bargains.

Here’s a blurb from their website:

This will be our largest and most important fundraiser of the year.

With the funds generated from this event, we can continue to send our All-Star Team to represent Seattle in Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) sanctioned competitions both regionally and nationally.

Bidding rules will be provided. The silent auction will run from 6:00 p.m. when doors open to 7:30 p.m.

The live auction will run from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. All bids are binding.

Please bring a form of payment to the event (cash, check, credit card) as all bids are to be settled that evening.

There are no refunds for this event, but tickets are transferable.

For additional questions please feel free to contact Skate Trooper at ticketing@ratcityrollergirls.com.

WHAT: Rat City Rollergirls Live and Silent Auction

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 31st from 6 to 10 p.m.

WHERE: South Lake Union Naval Reserve Building, located at 860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle (map below)

TICKETS: Brown Paper Tickets: Click Here to Order Online!

HOST: Auctioneer, Laura Michalek

Some of the auction items up for bid include products/services from:

• Alexis Hotel
• Alki Kayak Tours
• ART
• Artcore Tattoo
• Big Dipper Waxworks
• The Big Picture
• Big Wheel Bingo
• Bike Works
• Circa
• Custom Crash Cut Ducati
• EB Foote Winery
• Fado Irish Pub
• Fast Girl Skates
• Fifth Ave Theater
• Fresh NW Designs & Wine Girl Wines
• Gold Class Cinemas
• Hitchcock
• iClick
• Il Terrazzo Carmine
• Ivars
• Jones Soda
• Lightform USA
• Museum of Flight
• Old Thyme Aviation
• Personal Services
• Pole For The Soul
• Pop Cap Games
• Seattle Ski Shuttle
• Second Use
• Sin In Linen
• Sports Memorabilia
• SubPop Records
• Three Dollar Bill Cinema
• Tiger Tail
• Wahine Sport
• Wing It Productions
• Zulu Nyala

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The once-smalltime, one-time White Center-based Rat City Roller Girls are sure growing up fast – they just announced that their new home for 2009′s bouts will be Key Arena!

Here’s the announcement, direct from their website:

Guys! We are so excited about this next year — we just couldn’t wait until 2009 officially arrives to announce our dates for the season. AND OH MY GOD WE HAVE A NEW VENUE. Guess where? You’ll never guess. KeyArena! I know, right? It is pretty awesome and we are stoked about it. Tickets are on sale now for the entire season, as well as SEASON TICKETS. Woo!

Season dates:
2.07.2009
Grave Danger vs. Sockit Wenches
Derby Liberation Front vs. Throttle Rockets

3.07.2009
Throttle Rockets vs. Grave Danger
Sockit Wenches vs. Derby Liberation Front

4.18.2009
Sockit Wenches vs. Throttle Rockets
Grave Danger vs. Derby Liberation Front

5.30.2009
Championship Game
3rd Place vs. 4th Place (TBD)
1st Place vs. 2nd Place (TBD)

7.18.2009
Rat City Rollergirls All-Star Games (TBD)

All dates are on sale now, so plan ahead and purchase early!

Hey, who needs the Sonics when you’ve got the Rat City Roller Girls?

Be sure to buy your tickets now!

Here’s previous coverage of an exclusive joint cleanup effort your White Center Blog did with the infamous Rat City Roller Girls.

Story by Scoop Dum, Photos by Dee Vellup

It was quite a day Saturday (Oct. 11th) when the White Center Blog’s own Bart “On the Street” Bryan joined forces with the White Center, oops, we mean Rat City Roller Girls as they scrubbed the Dub-C’s main arterial (16th Ave SW) of its man-made plaque.

Ya gotta be a chick to be a Roller Girl (“sorry fellas”) as their site says, but today Honorary “Street Cleanin’ Guy” Honors went to Bart.

A couple of times each year since 2004, when the Roller Girls first lawyered up and LLC’d themselves, they’ve put on the hard hats and orange “look out for me and stay the *!•^# outta my way” vests and “trashoscopied”* the famous roadway of its recent human discardations.

They start at the Albertson’s parking lot (thanks everyone there, customers and workers alike) and break into four commando squads. Within two hours, they’ve cleared the brush, brambles and byways of, well, stuff, from Roxbury south to 116th.

“We collected a lot of, uh, let’s call it debris,” said Bart. He was joined today by such rollers as Libby Raider, Sara Problem, Katarina Whip and Selma Soul.

Everyone wears protective gear, and the garbage and all is safely and legally disposed of.

It’s all part of King County’s Adopt-A-Road program.

To get a hold of Bart “On-the-Street” Bryan, call him anytime at 206-248-2565 or email him here. He’d be happy to help your cause or promote your business.

And as for the Roller Girls, here’s how to keep up on them there do-goodin’ hip-checkin’ street cleanin’ White Center foxes:

www.ratcityrollergirls.com

When you get there, you can  learn about the Northwest Knockdown coming up next month, and even sign up for their official RCRG Newsletter, titled Derby Little Secrets.

Now keep those streets clean!

And listen here Starbucks: Ya try and copyright “Trashoscopy” or any of its forms and the chicks are Comin’ To Getcha!

Everyone’s favorite, locally-named roller derby clan, the Rat City Roller Girls, have emerged victorious (by default) in a lawsuit over their logo filed by Starbucks.

According to the lawsuit, Starbucks believed that the RCRG logo was “too similar” to their logo.

This means that this ding-dang great logo:

Apparently does not infringe on this one:

Yeah Roller Girls – way to kick some corporate a**!